Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
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What is Article 35A: SC to hear petitions challenging validity; what does statute say and why are there calls to abolish it
The Supreme Court will begin to hear challenges to Article 35A of the Constitution on Tuesday. The apex court's decision to list the matter on Monday has heightened the already taut atmosphere across Jammu and Kashmir.

Bhima Koregaon case updates: Hearing on bail of activists deferred till Thursday; house arrest to continue
Bhima Koregaon case LIVE updates: Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued that the so called letters quoted by the Maharashtra Police to Comrade Prakash are fabricated, because in the judgment convicting profesor GN Saibaba mentions that it was a name used by him.

Bilkis Bano gangrape case: SC grants six weeks time to Gujarat govt to apprise it on action taken against convicted cops
2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case: SC granted six weeks time to the Gujarat govt for apprising it on whether any disciplinary action has been initiated against policemen convicted

Karti Chidambaram moves Supreme Court for permission to travel to UK for his daughter's college admission
"He wants to go to the Cambridge to get his daughter admitted. He is willing to give an undertaking that he will not visit any bank there," senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, appearing for Karti, told the bench

Dahi Handi festival: Children under 14 years of age not allowed to participate, says Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court accepted Maharashtra government's statement to not allow children below the age of 14 years to participate in the 'Dahi Handi' festival.

JNU admission policy protest: Delhi cops calls stir 'peaceful, university disagrees
Delhi Police on Wednesday said a "peaceful protest" was being carried out by students in the JNU here, even as the university authorities alleged in the Delhi High Court that the protestors were blocking the administrative block in the campus.